Planned Parenthood Action Fund Launches Text Program for Women Whose Contraceptive Care is Jeopardized by the Supreme Court
In the aftermath of a ruling and several orders from the U.S. Supreme Court over the last few days allowing some employers to deny insurance coverage for birth control for their employees, Planned Parenthood Action Fund today launched a text helpline for people who are being denied coverage or have questions about their access to birth control.
July 7, 2014
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Planned Parenthood Action Fund Applauds Nixon’s Veto of Bill that Would Block Abortion Access
Planned Parenthood Action Fund applauded Missouri Governor Jay Nixon for his veto of an extreme bill that would have would tripled the state’s existing mandatory waiting period for a woman seeking a safe and legal abortion to 72 hours, despite the fact that at Planned Parenthood, Missouri women already receive support, counseling, and information and are required by law to wait at least 24 hours and make two health center visits before having an abortion.
July 2, 2014
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Planned Parenthood Action Fund: Supreme Court Rules Against American Women and Families
Planned Parenthood Action Fund condemned today’s ruling by the Supreme Court that some for-profit private corporations, such as the arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby, can deny coverage of birth control to their employees, for no reason other than the personal religious beliefs of the corporation’s owners.
June 30, 2014
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Planned Parenthood Action Fund Congratulates Richard Hanna for Primary Victory
June 25, 2014
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Planned Parenthood: Why NBC’s Abortion Ad Snafu Matters
June 25, 2014
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NBC Universal Issues Statement to Planned Parenthood Clarifying Standards on Abortion
June 25, 2014
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Planned Parenthood Advocacy and Political Groups Launch Volunteer Voter Engagement & Organizing Effort in Raleigh; Part of Historic Women Are Watching Campaign
Supporters of women’s health and rights gathered in Raleigh Saturday afternoon to discuss the role that issues including birth control, funding for women’s preventive care, and safe and legal abortion will play in the upcoming election and the critical role that Planned Parenthood advocacy and political organizations’ volunteers will play in educating and mobilizing women to get out the vote.
June 23, 2014
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